Percieved Parental Styles, Emotional Intelligence and Career Aspirations in College Students

Abstract

The purpose of the current study's goal was to investigate college students perceived parental styles, emotional intelligence, and career aspirations. There were 250 college students in the sample. The sample was gathered from several Islamabad colleges. The data was gathered by convenient sampling. The variables were measured using three different scales I.e., perceived parenting styles, brief emotional intelligence scale, and career aspirations. The results indicate that authoritative parental style discovered to have a positive correlation with brief emotional intelligence (r=.55, p<.001) and career aspirations subscales, achievement (r=.52, p<.001), leadership (r=.41, p<.001) and educational aspiration (r=.35,p<.001). Authoritarian Parental style is found to be significantly correlated with Permissive Parental style (r= .59, p<.001) and negatively correlated with Brief Emotional Intelligence (r= -.14, p<.01), Achievement Aspiration (r= -.28, p<.001), Leadership Aspiration (r= -.26, p<.001) and Educational Aspiration (r= -.14, p<.05). Permissive parental style was negatively correlated with Emotional Intelligence (r= -.31, p<.001), Achievement (r=-.44, p<.001), Leadership (r=- .37, p<.001), and educational aspirations (r=.30, p<.00). Brief Emotional Intelligence was found to be positively correlated with Achievement Aspiration (r=.44, p<.00), Leadership Aspiration (r=.34, p<.001) and Educational Aspiration (r=.43, p<.001). Limitations and recommendations for future studies is also discussed.